Dr. Watts speaks with School Phycologist Lauren Taurasi and Clinical Counselor Marah Languedoc on how children and adults can best deal with the levels of fear and anxiety brought on by the current pandemic.

In this episode Dr. Watts discusses Small Wins. She takes a look at #socialdistancing and its dual impact on society and families. Brevard Public Schools psychologist, Lauren Taurasi, provides tips to parents on how to deal with the #emotional distress that comes about because of new practices or routines families must enforce because of #COVID-19. Some resources: #TimetoComeinBear: #AStoryaboutSocialDistancing. #Germs:#sidthesciencekid #WashyourhandswithBabyShark

During this episode Dr. Watts uses an analogy to explore the challenges of changing habits in institutions. Let’s see how the world does as a school trying to utilize habit forming principles to solve its problems. The world is compared to an educational district with Chief Director of WHO as superintendent of schools, the world leaders of the 194 nations as school principals, state governors and other influential citizens as teachers and support staff, and citizens as students.

Dr. Watts presents the third ingredient in the Habit Loop as described by Duhigg. She associates it to classroom situations and with her guest Florida, educator, Geoffrey Bagnatto, they discuss the realities of rewards in the classroom and how they influence learning.

In this episode Dr. Watts explores the second ingredient of the Habit loop and its impact on implementation of initiatives in classrooms, at home, and in schools. She speaks to her first guest, a high school teacher in Brevard county Florida. Mr. Bagnato shares his experiences with technology in his classrooms. He explains the reasons for being emphatic and consistent with his classroom routines and shares the feedback or reactions from his students. Remember to leave a message.

During this episode Dr. Watts introduces the first ingredient for habit formation and how it relates to implementation of initiatives in schools. She presents a real life school example as well as well researched examples. She invites educators to engage in the conversation on using habit to fuel impactful implementation.

In this episode Dr. Joseph Watts presents two examples to introduce the impact of habit on human behavior and success: one where a child refuses to function without a specific classroom condition, and one where even reluctant students compete to produce writing after they read. Listen, and then join the conversation by leaving a message.

This episode will look at the root cause of why an academic intervention might not work.